The National Council on Fireworks Safety offers these common sense safety tips for using consumer fireworks in hopes that injuries to consumers can be greatly reduced this season:
- Know your fireworks; Read the warning labels and performance descriptions before
- Have a designated shooter to organize and shoot your family
- Alcohol and fireworks do not mix. Save your alcohol for after the
- Parents and caretakers should always closely supervise teens if they are using
- Parents should not allow young children to handle or use
- Fireworks should only be used
- Always have water ready if you are shooting
- Obey local laws. If fireworks are not legal where you live, do not use
- Wear safety glasses whenever using
- Never relight a “dud” firework. Wait 20 minutes and then soak it in a bucket of
- Soak spent fireworks with water before placing them in an outdoor garbage
- Never attempt to alter or modify consumer fireworks and use them only in the manner in which they were
- Report illegal explosives, like M-80s and quarter sticks, to the fire or police
The National Council on Fireworks Safety urges Americans to follow common sense safety rules in their holiday celebrations.